Toy vehicle



Feb. 10, 1931. c. H. G. HART 1,792,162

TOY VEHICLE Filed March '11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Inventor C.H.G.Har

A iiqrney Feb. 10, 1931. c HART 1,792,162

- TOY VEHICLE- Fil'ed March 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 C.H. G.Harl' By24mm Attorney In Denier i 'i f The present inventionrelates to a toy vei"hicle and the prime objectjthereof is'to prop v vide a structure ofthis nature which is adapt'- J; ed to travel along the ground with amotion simulatin I mahg the motion of a horse or other ani- Another veryimportant object of the invention' resides in the provision ofa vehicleI with a body simulating that of an animal 1V suohas a horse or thelike,'together with the driving meanswherebythGlIlQGP-Of the vei r hiclemay propel the same. alongthe ground and in addition thereto, the bodyof the vehicle is mounted upon a steel spring barso I thgt'the'body isadapted to SWli g' upwardly and downward as it travels, thereby toprovide not only a straight forward motion to th vehicle but also tosimultaneouslypermit g I a p v I p M v ztheza'x-let andia'reprefer'ablysmaller'm d-1am j I an upward and downward rocking or.swinging of thebody and operate .itduring the travel;

i 1f i Another veryimportant object of the in vention resides in theprovision of an improvement over the patented structure shown "a 1 inLetters Patent'No. 1,598,966 granted to me on September 7 1926, byproviding a struc ture which is exceedingly simple, inexpensive Itomanufacture, strong and durablencompact .and convenient 1nit'siarrangementof parts" and otherwise well adapted to which it isdesigned. v

the purpose for I d numerous other objects With the above an 5 inview aswill appear as the descriptionpro- 'ceeds, the invention resides. incertain novel featuresof construction, and in the combina- V l tion andarrangement of partsas will behereinafter more fully describedand claimed. In the drawings: I V

Figure 1 is a sideelevationo'fthe vehicle embodying the features of myinvention, I

Q "Figure 2 is a top'plan view thereof,

Figure?) is arear elevation'thereof,

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail section taken i o substantially on theline 4-4: of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is adetail section take'n substan tially on the line 5- -5 ofFigure 4. 7 Referring to the drawing in detail'it will'be seenthat thenumeral 5 denotes a body shaped to simulate'that of a running anima Su has.

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- ikhorsetandisa-(idle i i 5 steerlngpostri ibb dy} and is rocka-blymounted therein. The} lower end of this post :7 i has 9a;- forks8 gthereon T ebetwee'nl the extremities otzwhichisaiournaled a diskt'wheel-9 operable "by: foot peda'ls 10, -ofthepost; l A steelspring b afooter-than .th'eliront or drive wheel 9;: 'BIaoe,.: i bars-.19 shavesleeves; 2Q secured about the end portions of the axle andv these bracesincline upwardly andinwardly and are securedtoan rme te P.9 iQ 9 e Spri2 fl O'ne of the braces is ofl's'et intermediate its ends so as tovformaistep 21 to enablefonegtoi 7 more easily mount the vehicle,,as will-bequite apparent;v Thetoy" vehicle thus de:

scribed mjay be driven along the ground by anoperator on the seatorsaddlefi for pro -g pelling the vehicle by rotatio'n -o'flthepedals10.

' The down with respect to a the" axiszof the front] "resemblingthato Itis thought that the construction, utility, and'advantages ofthisinyention willi'now be:

i a et calethroughthe forward?'portion'liof the 'xHan'dle bars 11 areprovided at the upper-end o I n n 21- e r 121151.81 a' rved i ndfs curedas at'ltito the underiedge; of the rear body 2 supporting therideriinay, dur ing this travel, berocked orswung up andr I H 7 wheel-9'With'a result that an action closely "i j fa runningorgalloping an? 7quite apparent to :thoseskilled' infjthis art without a more detail Tdescription .thereoit'i' i The present embodimentfofthe invention:

' has been disclosed in considerable detail 1 "since in actual practiceit attains the features; 4. Q

-merely-for the purposes of exemplificatjionof advantage enumeratedasdesirable in the statement of the *inven description. 1 7 V 1 Itwillbe apparent thatchanges in the dertion and-the Zabove r'curveddownwardly 'l aiIdL sdowm, e wardlye-and-rearwardly, an axle on the fearI end ofrthe -spri ng,'wheeisi tjourna-l'ed oi'llthe end! of. the axle,'bi'acesfexteri'ding diagonally heiaiwieen' therfaxle and the spring,roneofvsaird I i bi a'ces" having an offset; intermediate zportionztoform'agstep; y H

a; ln testimonywhereof .I' afiix myi sign tails .ofconstruction, and inthe combination and arrangementof parts may be resorted to V withoutdeparting from the spirit or's oope [of the invention ashereina fterclaimed or I claim as newis 7f Ward portion ofth''ho'clyiand hagvi'ngits-i of end provided with aofork,afwheeljjourrotating the same, a handleba atthe ggper;

end of the 'post, a' spring secured 'tothe I wuniier port-ion Dfifliglfar-Df thegbodyzarid 7' 1 I curvecl flownwardly andfinelininge:d'ow1i-Sacrificing y 05 its advantages." f

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. a body simulatingtheappearancejofja min g a a. pcstii cka lfiethronjghfliqio i naled inithe fork, pedalson the- WHeeT foi' i war'dliyliandxrearwardlyg an axle :on' zth'e Steal" I l 5 "end-jot ttheispring, Wh'QGI S jDI Ii'Ifa/TGd' Ofi the f "eh dsofethesaxle,bracesfiextending diagonaflyihetweenthe'axieland :thespring; I o 2; In; a: .toy vehicieeof the class described, I

av hody simu-lating the appearance 'ofi'airunnin'ganimal, ap'ost'ockabl'e-through'thetfor a "ward portion ofithe body andhavin'gsitslldwf er' en'd providedwith a; fork, 'auwheel jourunzfledinthe forlgxpedals on the Wheel 52501 7 lfotating thesame zi handle :bariatfthe Zapper "end'of theiposb'a sprim'gxsecured to the mi-- derportioh-ofthe rear of the (body iafid ture.."-@ e V 7 GHRIS DOPHER

